List of Abstracts 2016: SESSION A - SUPPLY CHAIN AND NETWORKS
Date: November 28, 2016
Distribution chains can change their parameters. There are changes in the final quantity and the final destinations too. This paper deals with searching of local maxima. There is analysis of the quantity of goods delivered to customers in time and space.
We have simulated distribution of selected goods in the segment of specific pharmacies. We have recorded information about capacity of the deliveries according to the time and customers. It was evaluated distribution of the amount of delivered goods. There are using the precedent matrix to found places with larger supplies than the immediate surroundings. We have monitored the changes of maxima and their distribution of in space and time. There were also analyzed dependencies in these distribution of maxima. We have used the method of precedents matrices and we compared the results with the simulation based on the Simul8 program.
Results can be used for the allocation of vehicles on the basis of knowledge of the behavior of the distribution. The benefit is that the simulation is performed on a specific real business process.
One of the most prominent targets of the EU Transport Whitepaper is the ambition to shift 30% of road freight, transported more than 300 kilometers, to multimodal means such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030. Transport and logistics industries work on achieving this goal with a strong commitment of contribution from chemical industry.
The purpose of this article is to present European chemical logistics with its trends and challenges, show the structure and main directions of raw materials and chemical products’ flows with the focus on Polish market, and emphasize the role of supply chain collaboration when shifting road transport to multimodal means through development of new connections and special services for chemical industry. The supply chain collaboration will be investigated from the perspective of LSPs’ vertical and horizontal collaboration supplemented by examples.
The research problem of LSPs collaboration on multimodal transport was analyzed using primary and secondary data. Primary research was conducted among chemical companies operating in Poland as well as logistics service providers servicing them. The survey was based on questionnaire. The research is part of “Promotion of Multimodal Transport in Chemical Logistics” project within INTERREG Central Europe Programme.
For an efficient and effective management of a supply chain a significant impact has a cooperation undertaken by companies establishing communications with other entities forming the common supply chain. The emphasis is both on the relationship established in various areas of a functional supply chain and at different stages of its development. This cooperation may include areas such as: planning and integration processes in the supply chain, transport and storage, shopping and inventory management, distribution and customer service, logistics of production and waste and personnel and corporate social responsibility. The purpose of the article is to analyze the method and the scope of cooperation undertaken by Japanese companies located in Poland in selected areas of the supply chain. The paper presents the results of research carried out in the form of focus interviews with representatives of the Japanese companies. The research shows that despite a similar range of organizational culture cooperation undertaken in the different areas of the supply chain is various.
The paper is a part of a research project entitled “Management methods in Japanese supply chains in Poland and Great Britain”, financed by the National Science Centre.
The purpose of the article is to identify areas of cooperation, in relation to the different phases of the life cycle of organization, among Japanese companies located in Poland and local governments. The paper presents the results of the research conducted among Japanese companies and local governments located in the region of Lower Silesia in Poland. The study shows that building beneficial relationships based on the activities in the early stages of the life cycle of the organizations are estimated by the analyzed Japanese companies higher. In turn, local governments much more appreciate building relationships based on well-established operations in the phase of operation of companies in the region.
Agriculture is the sector with strong specificity of production processes. This results from the use of the forces of nature (earth, solar, biological processes) and live organisms. Similarly as in the whole economy, the modernization of agrarian sector influences on growing importance of logistics. Modern agricultural enterprises must transport and store not only huge amounts of inputs (e.g. feed, fertilizers, pesticides, energy, seeds, etc.) but also the final plant and animal products (grain, tubers, forage, live animals, meat, milk, wool, etc.). Apart from that, the relationship between companies and their environment is becoming more and more significant. There is a strong attention to well prepared and created communication channels providing reliable flows of information, goods, money and people.
This paper presents the scale of the production and transport of major crops in Poland against the background of non-agrarian products (coal, liquid fuels). Moreover, author presents the classification of the products that are part of internal and external trade and storage process in a classic agricultural enterprise. Some trends in technical solutions and technology used to streamline manufacturing processes with their use in agriculture on the example of milk production cereals were also laid out.
In complex manufacturing systems of cooling devices, cell structure is the most often used one. In perfecting material flow, the greatest challenge is to determine the optimal planning of process realization in each production cell. Streams from production cells and streams of other components from the buffer warehouses are directed towards the final assembly line. Time required to complete a production task (complete cooling device) is strongly influenced by the processes of cutting and bending stainless steel elements. The article presents the influence of those processes on the final assemblyprocess is shown.
The research concerns a very important area of management, namely, reverse logistics, as the ecological conditions of the transition from the traditional model of material flows to the modern approach of logistics, as a closed cycle of materials and energy. This subject is very timely in light of the strategy pursued by the European Union for sustainable development, based on the concept of the system of "Integrated governance" which consists of a triad: society - economy - environment (ecosystem). Logistics systems activities require the assurance of adequate economical and environmental efficiency levels on the demands of sustainable development The main aim of the paper is to present the concept of reverse logistics and recycling in the context of sustainable development and also focus on the economical and environmental optimization of reverse logistics processes in plastics packaging. The presented article is part of research on developing application methods for the settlement of environmental-economic support for reverse logistics processes aimed at reducing consumption of energy and raw materials by manufacturers of plastics, which ultimately translates into added value in terms of so-called environmental benefits. The process of waste disposal can be significantly boosted by logistics, and especially by reverse logistics, which is "fixed" in traditional logistics and yet is representative of the ecological orientation of logistics and therefore very well suited to the imperative of sustainable development.
The article presents the outcomes of research concerning information security in the supply chain. The research has been based on the scientific observations and the analysis of the state of the enterprise that were performed in three metallurgical plants. The research has entailed the state of information security and information flows in the supply chain.